Vidofnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Víðópnir or Víðófnir.

The special magic that lay within Laevatein's powers was such that it was the only weapon that could kill the cock Vidofnir ("Tree Snake").

1989, William O. Cord, The Teutonic Mythology of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, E. Mellen Press, page 175:

2003, William P. Reaves (translator), Viktor Rydberg, Our Fathers' Godsaga: Retold for the Young, [1887, Viktor Rydberg, Fädernas Gudasaga berättad för Ungdomen], iUniverse, page 203,
In the poem Fjölsvinnsmál, which portrays Svipdag's arrival in Asgard, Svipdag asks the guardian by the gate under what condition it would be possible to persuade the subterranean dis Sinmara (the "sinew maimer" Mimir-Nidhad's queen) to surrender the sword she keeps. The guardian replies that Sinmara is gripped by a severe sorrow for which Vidofnir has compassion; she will only be happy again, if a luminous sickle, lying among Vidolfnir′s völnur, is given to her.

18 Vidofnir: in v. 24 it is revealed that Vidofnir is a cockerel roosting in the tree of Mimi.
[…]
24 Sinmara: probably a giantess, cf. 'pale giantess' in v. 29. How Vidofnir oppresses her is not clear.

2014, Carolyne Larrington, editor, The Poetic Edda, Revised edition, Oxford University Press, page 318:

2019, Glenn Searfoss, Cycles of Norse Mythology, Andrews UK (Acorn Books), unnumbered page,
"The unbidden visitor can pass their sleepless watch by offering up two morsels stripped from beneath the wings of the gay cock, Vidofnir. It is a treat they cannot resist; when tossed at their feet it will allow a man to slip by while they eat."

(Norse mythology) A mythological bird (variously, a falcon or a rooster) that inhabits the top of Mímameiðr, a tree identified with Yggdrasil; sometimes positioned on the brow of another cosmic bird.


Archegetes

(Greek mythology) Leader or founder; an epithet of the god Apollo.


saucerian

From saucer + -ian, in reference to flying saucers.

The “contactees” or “saucerians” surfaced in 1952 in southern California. They presented themselves as selected by superior beings from other planets for a special assignment—save the world.

2001, David A. Clary, Before and After Roswell, page 63:

(ufology) A person who has communicated with an extraterrestrial being.


Gorgoneion

From Ancient Greek γοργόνειον (gorgóneion), neuter of γοργόνειος (gorgóneios, “pertaining to a gorgon”).
The moon was named after the pendant, because of its association with the Greek goddess Athena (and thus with her Roman equivalent, Minerva).

2000, Extract from [1840, Lewis, Donaldson (translators)], K. O. Müller, Introduction to A Scientific Study of Mythology, Burton Feldman, Robert D. Richardson (editors), The Rise of Modern Mythology, 1680-1860, Indiana University Press, page 419,
On returning home, he turns Polydectes and his people to stone, and then gives the Gorgoneion to his protectress Athena, who fixes it upon her shield.

(Greek mythology) The head of the gorgon Medusa.

(Greek mythology) A pendant, worn by the goddess Athena, which features an image of Medusa's head.


Chrysaor

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρυσάωρ (Khrusáōr).

Pegasus alone issues from the neck of the winged and decapitated Medusa,ᵇ or Chrysaor and Pegasus at the same moment.ᶜ

1855, Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Volume 36, Society of Antiquaries of London, page 59:

Medusa embraces a winged horse and a youth who have been identified as her sons, Pegasus and Chrysaor. This interpretation is problematic because it involves a temporal impossibility:⁷⁶ the inversion of time sequence. The myth, which is as early as Hesiod (Theogony, 270–82), states clearly that Pegasus was born after Medusa was decapitated.

2002, Nannó Marinatos, The Goddess and the Warrior, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 65:

An innovation comes with Chrysaor, an enigmatic figure who appears in myth in multiple forms: the most famous is the offspring of Medusa and the progenitor of various monsters, including Geryon,³⁴ making Chrysaor hardly a heroic figure.

2010, Lee E. Patterson, Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece, University of Texas Press, page 120:

(Greek mythology) A son of Poseidon and Medusa and brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, who sprang along with Pegasus from the blood of the decapitated Medusa.


Philomel

Above the antique mantel was displayed / As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene / The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king / So rudely forced; […]

1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 19:

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Philomela


Calydonian Hunt

(Greek mythology) The Calydonian boar hunt: the process of hunting the Calydonian Boar.


Calydonian Boar

(Greek mythology) A giant boar, who was sent by the goddess Artemis to ravage the area of Calydon.


guivre

The guivre / The legless and wingless guivre would have seemed a mere serpent, albeit an immensely powerful one, except for its massive dragon head, horned and bearded. Guivres liked to live in forests and wells—anywhere near water[…]

(heraldry, mythology) A serpentine creature, variously one with no limbs (like a simple snake, but often depicted swallowing someone), or with wings and only two legs (a wyvern).


hel-shoes

(Norse mythology) Shoes that were purportedly placed on the dead so that they could walk to Valhalla.


Necessitas

(Roman mythology, Orphic theology) The personification of absolute necessity; Ananke.


tsuchigumo

(Japanese mythology) A member of a race of spider-like yokai.


Cybelean

(mythology) Of or relating to the goddess Cybele in Greek and Anatolian mythology.


Jotunheim

(Norse mythology) A realm in Nordic mythology inhabited by the jötnar.


Despoina

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon


barbegazi

en-noun

barbegazi (plural barbegazi or barbegazis)

Both male and female barbegazi wear white fur garments which help them blend into the snowy scenery.

1996, D. J. Conway, Magickal, Mythical, Mystical Beasts, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 199:

Some humans living in the region say that the Barbegazi are very helpful, but the credit is more often than not given to the St. Bernard dogs.

2001, D. J. Conway, Magickal Mystical Creatures: Invite Their Powers into Your Life, Llewellyn Publications, published 2018, →ISBN:

Barbegazi are such expert rescuers, you see.

2013, Raynetta J. Stocks, The Isle of Kishi Mora (The Lova Chronicles), book 2, RJS Books, →ISBN, page 122:

A halfling has been hiding in the snow outside the barbegazi village.

2016, Kim McDougall, Hibernaculum, Kim McDougall, →ISBN:

You couldn't keep a barbegazi inside a house. […] Similar to polar bears, barbegazi are covered in an insulating underfur, topped by long guard hairs.

2019, H. S. Norup, The Missing Barbegazi, North Star Editions, →ISBN:

Frozenfalls are specifically for the Queen herself; there are, however, some small ice creatures such as qiqirns, barbegazis, ice-cream cats, snow aliens, ice wraiths and there is also one ice dragon; but no other guardian or creatures are allowed on this island.

2022, Bianca Steyn, Reborn, Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page vi:

(mythology) A kind of gnomelike or dwarflike mythical creature.


grey folk

One of the most important of all Yuletide observances was the 'saining' required to guard life or properties from the Trows. If the proper observances were omitted, the 'grey-folk' were sure to take advantage of the opportunity.

1888, Biot Edmonndston, Jessie Saxby, The Home of a Naturalist, page 136:

(Scotland, mythology) elves, the fae, the wee folk.


origo gentis

Derived from Medieval Latin origo gentis (“origin, beginning of a people”).

(mythology, historical) The origin story of a tribe or people.


gallows god

It is from this tree that Odin hanged himself in sacrifice, making the world-tree a gallows and himself the gallows god.

2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 20:

(Norse mythology) A byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.


wolf-child

Odin watched the wolf-child grow with foreboding, for in his dreams the wolf had been there at the end of everything[.]

2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 78:

(mythology, fantasy) A being that is part wolf, part child.


frost giant

Calque of Old Norse hrímþurs, from hrím (“rime, frost”) + þurs (“giant, troll”).

There were frost giants and mountain giants at Balder's funeral[.]

2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 221:

(Norse mythology) A type of large, strong, and fearsome supernatural beings that live in cold and icy regions.


skyfish

(ufology) Synonym of rod (“rod-shaped optical phenomenon”)


Marpesia

From Ancient Greek Μαρπησία (Marpēsía, literally “snatcher”).

bor

(Greek mythology) The queen of the Amazons, who ruled with her sister Lampedo, and helped to establish the Greek city of Ephesus.


maenadism

(Greek mythology) The frenzied state of a female follower of Dionysus.


Homlin

(mythology, Russia) In the city of Kaliningrad, a mythological creature, who, according to legend, lives next to people, and at night produces amber products; according to legend, they bring happiness and goodness.


Thaumas

(Greek mythology) A sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia


brazen age

These last bear some resemblance to the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages of the Greeks.

1841, Elphinstone, Hist. India, volume I, page 257:

(mythology) The third of the four mythological ages of mankind, said to come between the silver and the iron age.

ద్వాపరము

myth: third age of man, after the silver age and before the iron age


Island of the Blest

en-proper noun

Island of the Blest (plural Islands of the Blest)

The Feeries of romance may be divided into three kinds: Avalon, placed in the ocean, like the Island of the Blest; those that, like the palace of Pari Banou, are within the earth; and, lastly, those that, like Oberon's domains, are situate 'in wilderness among the holtis hairy.'

1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 45:

(mythology) A paradisial island or archipelago, located to the far West, the abode of good people after death.


Dark Alfs

But the Döckalfar (Dark Alfs) dwell below under the ground, and are unlike them in appearance, and still more unlike in actions.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 109:


Light Alfs

The former were, according to the ideas of those times, of a good and elevated nature, and of a friendly disposition towards men, whence they also received the name of White or Light Alfs or Spirits.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 106:

In his Edda Snorri tells us that the Light Alfs are bright and shining, very fair to look upon, which fits well with the first reading of the word's etymology.

2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83:


Fifth World

After the Fourth World.
The second sense was coined before 13 July 2002 by micropatriologist Cesidio Tallini.

The Fourth World was not satisfactory so First Man led the Beings again upward to the Fifth and present world where again were found pre-existent Beings. From these, by magic, the Fifth World was won.

1956, Robert W. Young, The Navajo Yearbook of Planning in Action, number 5, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, page 189:

A world in a number of American mythologies:

(Navajo mythology) The present world, which the Navajo travelled through four worlds to reach.


Alfar

The Alfar still live in the memory and traditions of the peasantry of Scandinavia.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 135:

"Ill is it with the Æsir, ill is it with the Alfar."

1964, J. A. Macculloch, The Mythology of All Races, New York: Cooper Square Publishers, page 220:


Sleipnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Sleipnir (“the slipper, the slippy one”).

bor+

And Ranald swore first by the white Christ, and then by the head of Sleipnir, Odin’s horse[.]

1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 33, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 443:

(Norse mythology) The eight-legged horse of Odin.


Teumessian fox

[…]there is a place called Teumessus, where they say Europa was concealed by Jupiter. It is likewise said of the Teumessian fox, that it was nourished by Bacchus for the purpose of destroying the Thebans; aod that when it was on the point of being taken by that dog which Diana gave to Procris the daughter of Erechtheus, both the dog and the fox were changed into stones.

1824, Pausanias, The Description of Greece, →OCLC:

When Amphitryon came to Thebes he found that another curse had descended on that unlucky city. For the Teumessian Fox, which was as large and savage as a wolf, had been sent by Dionysus to plague the land, catching children and carrying them away to its lair, as a punishment for the things he had suffered in Thebes.

1961, Green, Roger Lancelyn, Heroes of Greece and Troy, retold from the ancient authors, →OCLC:

One Greek myth has it that Laelaps and the Teumessian Fox were cast into space where they formed the two constellations, Canis Major and Minor.

2015, Hankins, Justine, author, Dogopedia : a compendium of canine curiosities:

(Greek mythology) A giant fox destined to never be caught.


ur-myth

(anthropology, mythology) A myth believed to be a precursor or prototype to all existing myths.


wee folk

(mythology) Small magical humanoid creatures such as fairies.


Brunhilda

(mythology) Alternative form of Brunhild


missing time

The report of abduction, the memory loss, the missing time, and the shape of the UFO are all familiar to UFO investigators, for this is not an isolated episode.

1978, Brad Steiger, Alien Meetings, page 168:

We have already seen how the victims of UFO abductions seem to have 'missing time' - sometimes they have no memories of several hours of their lives.

1984, John Rimmer, The Evidence for Alien Abductions, page 45:

There were two to three hours of missing time in their return trip for which neither of them could account.

1991, David Allen Lewis, UFO: End-Time Delusion:

Hopkins describes "missing time" as a time lapse of approximately two hours, after which the abductee can consciously remember little or nothing of the experience.

1996, Angela Hague, David Lavery, Marla Cartwright (editors), Deny All Knowledge, Reading the X-Files, page 8:

While Johnson doesn't display many of the indications of alien abduction, he does have a period of missing time which can be absolutely verified, unlike most abductees' cases.

1999, Chris A. Rutkowski, Abductions and Aliens - What's Really Going On, page 153:

According to Zerbe, while he and his team were out at the crash site, they experienced a period of what in alien abduction terminology has become known as missing time.

2018, Nick Redfern, Top Secret Alien Abduction Files, What the Government Doesn't Want You to Know, page 127:

(psychology, parapsychology, ufology) A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.


Nereus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νηρεύς (Nēreús).

(Greek mythology) The eldest son of Pontus (the sea) and Gaia (the earth).


Nicander

Borrowed from Latin Nicander, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Νίκανδρος (Níkandros). Cognate with French Nicandre.

(Greek mythology) According to Herodotus, one of the three Peleiades.


Chalamba

(Meitei mythology) A Khuman royal scion who brought goddess Imoinu from the Khuman kingdom to the Meitei kingdom.


T'ien

From Mandarin 天 (Tiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹.

Confucius had a lively faith in T’ien and that faith was the ultimate source of his greatness. For one thing, that faith convinced him that one’s happiness depends upon the approval of T’ien rather than the praises of men, upon one’s interior qualities rather than external things. Once he said, “I do not murmur against T’ien, nor grumble against men. My studies lie low, but my penetration rises high. T’ien alone knows me.”²⁰

1965, John C.H. Wu, “Confucius: The Man and His Ideas”, in Chinese Humanism and Christian Spirituality, Angelico Press, published 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 7:

As we have seen, the Taipings thought of God as having emotions. He loves his sons and becomes angry when the people forsake him and take to the way of the devil. The Taipings thought of God as kind and compassionate but jealous. T’ien in the minds of the ancient Chinese exhibits the same emotions: Tien^([sic – meaning T'ien]) is said to be compassionate and to love the people.⁵¹ T’ien so loves the people that he grants them their wishes.⁵² The sovereign T’ien is often angry when the people are misruled.⁵³ This anger finds vent in the punishment of the wicked. Tung Chung-shu of the Han describes the emotional nature of T’ien in the following words: “Heaven has its own feelings of joy and anger and a mind which experiences sadness and pleasure, analogous to those of man.”⁵⁴

1967, Vincent Y. C. Shih, “The Classics and Confucianism”, in The Taiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and Influences (Far Eastern and Russian Institute Publications on Asia), number 15, University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:

(Chinese mythology) Alternative form of Tian (“Heaven, God”)


elle-maid

The Wilde Frauen or Wild-women of Germany bear a very strong resemblance to the Elle-maids of Scandinavia. Like them they are beautiful, have fine flowing hair, live within hills, and only appear singly or in the society of each other.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 33:

(mythology) A type of female elf of Scandinavian folklore.


elle-people

It is also necessary to watch cattle so that they may not graze in any place where the Elle-people have been. If any animal goes to a place where the Elle-people have spit or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease, which can only be cured by giving it a handful of St. John's wort, which was pulled at twelve o'clock on St. John's night.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 140:

"I tremble at the very thought of the Elle-people of whom our villagers tell, while thou hast not a single fear. Why is it, sister?"

1861, Dinah Craik, Romantic Tales, Leipzip: Berhard Tauchnitz, page 164:

(mythology) A type of elf of Scandinavian folklore.


elle-folk

"We're none of the elle-folk who dance in the hills and weave fates, ye mun go to them for that."

1860, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, Sir Rohan's Ghost: A Romance, Boston: J.E. Tilton and Co., page 293:

Still the Elle-folk are often mentioned in the legends he proceeds to give as inhabiting houes, notwithstanding an explicit opening statement that they ‘dwell in the Elle-mosses,’ and notwithstanding the fact also that the so-called Elle-kone of the houes seems evidently to want the hollow back.

1865 November, J[ohn] C[hristopher] Atkinson, “Comparative Danish and Northumbrian Folk Lore. […] Chapter VII. Elle Folk.”, in The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church, volume XXX, part 179, London: John and Charles Mozley, […]; and J[ohn] H[enry] Parker, […], footnote, page 476:

The ellefolk live in mosses, banks and mounds, under alder-trees and in alder-thickets.

1896, William Alexander Craigie, Scandinavian Folk-lore, London: Alexander Gardner, page 175:


Ireima

(Meitei mythology) An ancient Meitei goddess of water, aquatic life, diseases and illnesses.


Grimnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Grímnir (“masked one”). Compare Old Norse Grímr, from which comes the synonym Grim. See also Icelandic gríma (“mask”).

Grimnir taught Geirrodr how to unseat an opponent from his horse with a minimum amount of effort. And sometimes late in the evening Grimnir talked of Asgardr and the Æsir themselves, as if he had actually been there.

2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, Hollow Earth Publishing, page 116:

To torture him into talking, the king strung Grimnir between two fires for eight nights.
King Geirrod had a ten-year-old son named after his brother, Agnar. Agnar gave Grimnir a whole horn to drink, saying it was wrong for his father to torture an innocent man.

2014, Jeramy Dodds, transl., The Poetic Edda, Coach House Books, page 67:

(Norse mythology) Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).


Curitis

(Roman mythology) An epithet of the goddess Juno.


Pebet

(Meitei mythology) A legendary bird species, smaller than sparrows in size, and endemic to Manipur, often known for its wits.


Kakyen

(Meitei mythology) A tyrannical monstrous gigantic colossal cannibalistic mythical bird that was killed by Meitei princes, Yoimongba and Taothingmang, with the help of mother goddess Leimarel.


Khambrangchak

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯈꯝꯕ꯭ꯔꯥꯡꯆꯥꯛ (khamb͟raangchaak).

(Meitei mythology) A bird species. It is known for one female of its species, causing a chain of damages while preparing for visiting to her paternal family


peach of immortality

en-noun

peach of immortality (plural peaches of immortality)

Calque of Chinese 仙桃 (xiāntáo, literally “immortal peach”).

calque

(Chinese mythology) A kind of peach believed to grant longevity to those who consume it.


Alastor

(Greek mythology) Any of several characters in Greek mythology, variously spirit, human, a horse of the underworld.


Roman charity

en-noun

Roman charity (countable and uncountable, plural Roman charities)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Roman charity.wav

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A story where someone is sentenced to die by starvation; but their daughter saves them by secretly breastfeeding them.

Cimon and Pero (Rubens)
Peter Paul Rubens


Adrastean

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Adrasteia or Adrastea in Greek mythology.


grey alien

(science fiction or ufology) An archetypical humanoid alien, usually described as having grey skin, elongated, hairless, sexless features, and a large head with bulbous black eyes; chiefly associated with flying saucers, alien abductions and conspiracy theories relating to cover-ups by the United States government, such as Area 51.


Vagitanus

(Roman mythology) A male deity involved with childbirth.


Suchus

From Latin Sūchus, from Ancient Greek Σοῦχος (Soûkhos), ultimately from Egyptian s-b-k:I3 (sbk). Doublet of Sobek.

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">sbk</i>

(Egyptian mythology) Synonym of Sobek (“An ancient Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile.”)


Buto

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βουτώ (Boutṓ), from Egyptian wAD-t-I12 (wꜣḏt (literally “green one”)), an allusion to the skin of the cobra. Doublet of Wadjet.

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">wꜣḏt</i> (literally “green one”)


UFOer

unidentified flying object
unidentified flying object#English

(ufology, uncommon) Initialism of unidentified flying object experiencer (“a person who has witnessed a UFO or has established contact with its alien occupants”).


Jafnhár

From Old Norse Jafnhár (literally “Just-as-High”), from jafn (“equal, the same”) + hár (“high, tall”). Compare Hár.

compound

(Norse mythology) One of the three enthroned figures who feature opposite King Gylfi in the Gylfaginning.

יפנהר

Norse mythology: enthroned figure in the Gylfaginning


Sun Wukong

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 孫悟空／孙悟空 (Sūn Wùkōng, literally “Sun Awakened-to-Emptiness”).

bor

(Chinese mythology) A fictional anthropomorphic monkey with various abilities and magical powers best known for being one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, and is revered as a deity by some Buddhists and most Taoists.


Aegaeonian

en-adj

Aegaeonian (comparative more Aegaeonian, superlative most Aegaeonian)

more Aegaeonian (comparative)
most Aegaeonian (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to Aegaeon in Greek mythology


Daphnidian

Daphnidian (comparative more Daphnidian, superlative most Daphnidian)

more Daphnidian (comparative)
most Daphnidian (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to the poet Daphnis in Greek legend.


Anthean

Anthean (comparative more Anthean, superlative most Anthean)

more Anthean (comparative)
most Anthean (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to Anthe in Greek mythology.


Calypsoan

Calypsoan (comparative more Calypsoan, superlative most Calypsoan)

more Calypsoan (comparative)
most Calypsoan (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to Calypso in Greek mythology.


Polydeucean

Polydeucean (comparative more Polydeucean, superlative most Polydeucean)

more Polydeucean (comparative)
most Polydeucean (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to the god Polydeuces (a.k.a. Pollux) in Greek mythology.


Telestoan

Telestoan (comparative more Telestoan, superlative most Telestoan)

more Telestoan (comparative)
most Telestoan (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Telesto in Greek mythology.


Pallenean

Pallenean (comparative more Pallenean, superlative most Pallenean)

more Pallenean (comparative)
most Pallenean (superlative)

(mythology) Of or relating to Pallene in Greek mythology.


Methonean

Methonean (comparative more Methonean, superlative most Methonean)

more Methonean (comparative)
most Methonean (superlative)

/mɛθəˈniːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to Methone in Greek mythology.


Deimian

(mythology) Of or relating to Deimos in Greek mythology.


Selenian

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to the god Selene in Greek mythology.


Helenean

Helenean (comparative more Helenean, superlative most Helenean)

more Helenean (comparative)
most Helenean (superlative)

They hasten youth / Into maturer womanhood; they give / A brighter lustre to the beaming eye, / Fairer proportions to the moulded form / Of Helenéan beauty, and impart / A deeper current to the fervent stream / Of the unsealed affections.

1841, Pliny Earle, “Angelina”, in Marathon, and Other Poems, Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, page 76:

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda.


Thebean

(mythology) Of or relating to Thebe in Greek mythology.


Elarian

(mythology) Of or relating to the princess Elara in Greek mythology.


Himalian

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Himalia in Greek mythology.


Lysithean

(mythology) Of or relating to Lysithea (a.k.a. Lysithoe) in Greek mythology.


Ledean

(mythology) Of or relating to the queen Leda in Greek mythology.


Anankean

/ænəŋˈkiːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to the god Ananke in Greek mythology.


Pasiphaëan

(mythology) Of or relating to the queen Pasiphaë or Pasiphae in Greek mythology.


Naiadian

(mythology) Of or relating to the Naiads in Greek mythology.


Nereidian

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereids in Greek mythology.


Sinopean

(mythology) Of or relating to Sinope in Greek mythology.


Halimedean

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereid Halimede in Greek mythology.


Despinian

(mythology) Of or relating to the god Despina (a.k.a. Despoena) in Greek mythology.


Saonian

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereid Sao in Greek mythology.


Larissian

(mythology) Of or relating to Larissa in Greek mythology.


Nesoan

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereid Neso in Greek mythology.


Psamathean

/sæməˈθiːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereid Psamathe in Greek mythology.


hippocampian

(mythology) Of or relating to the hippocamp, a creature in Greek mythology.


Thalassian

(mythology) Of or relating to Thalassa, the personification of the Sea in Greek mythology.


Laomedeian

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereid Laomedeia in Greek mythology.


Galatean

/ɡæləˈtiːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to the Nereid Galatea in Greek mythology.


Hydrian

(mythology) Of or relating to the monster Hydra in Greek legend.


Dysnomian

(mythology) Of or relating to the demon Dysnomia in Greek mythology.


Themistoan

(mythology) Of or relating to the princess Themisto in Greek mythology.


Thyonean

/ˌθaɪəˈniːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to Thyone in Greek mythology.


Orthosian

/ɔːrˈθoʊʒiən/

(mythology) Of or relating to the god Orthosia in Greek mythology.


Iocastean

(mythology) Of or relating to Iocaste (Jocasta) in Greek mythology.


Pasithean

(mythology) Of or relating to the Grace Pasithea in Greek mythology.


Callichorean

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Callichore in Greek mythology.


Kallichorean

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Kallichore (Callichore) in Greek mythology.


Aoedean

/ˌeɪəˈdiːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to the muse Aoede in Greek mythology.


Hektorean

(mythology) Of or relating to the hero Hektor in the Iliad.


Nemesian

(mythology) Of or relating to the Greek god Nemesis.


Taygetean

/ˌteɪədʒəˈtiːən/

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Taygete, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology.


Euphrosynean

(mythology) Of or relating to the Grace Euphrosyne in Greek mythology.


Hebean

(mythology) Of or relating to the Greek god Hebe.


Elektrian

(mythology) Of or relating to the tragic figure Elektra in Greek mythology.


Electrian

(mythology) Of or relating to the tragic figure Electra in Greek mythology.


Hermionean

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Hermione of Greek mythology.


mavka

(Slavic mythology, mythology) In Ukrainian folklore, a forest spirit who lures men to their deaths.


zaratan

Ultimately from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān, “crab”), possibly via Spanish zaratán.

[…]turtle known as zaratans. Living for millennia, these slow-moving gentle giants dine exclusively on sea […] a zaratan's shell grows ever more complex as it ages.

2019 June 18, Lindsay Cibos-Hodges, Jared Hodges, Draw Baby Beasties: Create Little Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids and More, Penguin, →ISBN, page 86:

[…] turtle—a zaratan. On the zaratan's back were hundreds of tiny green frogs nestled in the seaweed, with bat wings and long reptile tails.

2019 October 8, Megan Linski, Alicia Rades, Hidden Legends, The Air Omen, Crystallite Publishing:

[…] from the colossal zaratan that cruises the seas to the gigantic roc that rules the skies or the deadly basilisk that haunts the ruins of ancient cities.

2023 September 7, Emily Hawkins, A Natural History of Magical Beasts, →ISBN, page 54:

(mythology) In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.


Gondlir

Borrowed from Old Norse Gǫndlir (“wand bearer", "wand wielder”) (Gǫnd + -lir), where the wand is a magical implement possibly used for shamanic travel. It has also been suggested that Gǫnd may signify "wolf" (implying a spirit or otherwise magical wolf).

bor

2015, Neil Gaiman, The American Gods Quartet, 2019, Ebook, Hachette Livre (Headline Publishing Group), unnumbered page,
I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I am called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider and Third. I am One-eyed. […] I am All-Father, and I am Gondlir Wand-bearer.


Telegonus

From Ancient Greek Τηλέγονος (Tēlégonos)

(Greek mythology) the son of Circe and Odysseus.


rota Fortunae

As a medievalist Ignatius believed in the rota Fortunae, or wheel of fortune, a central concept in De Consolatione Philosophiae, the philosophical work which had laid foundation for medieval thought.

1980, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces:

(mythology, philosophy) The wheel of Fortune.